There are many reasons why unconscious bias needs to be discussed and addressed within the IT industry. One of those is that there will be more STEM jobs in the future, and if fewer women study those subjects and work in that industry now, they are even futher likely to be impacted. And there’s plenty […]
It’s been just over a month since International Women’s Day and already I’ve neglected at least one of the pledges I made for progress. So, I thought I’d take a look back at the notes I took from the event I ran for the BCSWomen and Scotland Women in Technology networks, featuring some inspirational women […]
A tweet about this was the first thing I noticed about travel and IWD: Trainline partners with Code First:Girls to train 20,000 women in coding by 2020. The plan is to deliver a training programme with their staff acting as mentors for women, and Trainline will also provide financial support. Together they will campaign to […]
The Scottish Parliament – both debating chamber and gallery – was full of women on Saturday 5th March. It was quite a spectacle. I was delighted to be allocated a place (only 350 places were available with 900 people applying) to go along to the Scottish Women’s Convention conference and listen and meet some inspiring […]
Today I had the privilege of chairing a panel at the Women of Silicon Roundabout in London. Our focus was “Closing the Gender Gap”. We started with a discussion on targets versus quotas. The panel appeared to be in agreement that quotas – a government requirement that organisations comply to a certain number/percentage of women, […]
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